Frank B. Brady was a professional engineer registered in the District of Columbia. He had a broad background in aviation and electronics as the Executive Director of the Institute of navigation, a Washington, D.C. based technical and scientific society. He was a recognized authority on the subject of aircraft all-weather landing and was published extensively in that field. Mr. Brady was able to draw both on his technical education and his professional experience in coping with the problems that come with loss of vision in one eye.

In his introduction, Julius Axlerod, Ph.D., the distinguished Nobel Prize recipient from the National Institute of Health, shares his personal experiences regarding monocular vision.

John W. McTigue, M.D., F.A.C.S., wrote the foreword and served as medical consultant for this book. Dr. McTigue was a practicing ophthalmologist in the District of Columbia. He was also Professor of Ophthalmology at George Washington University and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Washington Medical Center.